NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Sacking the badger Description of the glutton. 



Badgers are not known to do any further mis- 

 chief to mankind, than in scratching and rooting 

 up the ground, in quest of food : which is always 

 performed during their nocturnal excursions. 

 This circumstance has given rise to one of the 

 modes practised in taking them. Their den is 

 discovered; and when they are absent in the 

 night, a sack is fastened at the mouth ; one per- 

 son remaining near the hole to watch; while 

 another beats round the fields with a dog, in 

 order to drive the animals home. As soon as the 

 man at the den hears that one has run in for re- 

 fuge, he immediately seizes the mouth of the 

 sack, ties it, and carries it off; which is usually 

 called, " Sacking the Badger." If caught be- 

 fore they are grown up, they may be tamed. 



The skin of the badger dressed with the hair 

 on, is used for various purposes ; and the hairs 

 are made into brushes for painters. The flesh* 

 also, when the animals are in good condition, is 

 said to make excellent hams and bacon. 



THE GLUTTON. 



THIS animal derives its appellation from it* 

 Voracious appetite, and is found in Siberia, and 

 the northern parts of Europe and America. The 

 length of its body is about three feet, exclusive 

 of the tail, which usually measures one foot. The 

 general colour is a reddish brown, but along' the 



